Album Review

John Trudell's third album Blue Indians combines poetry, rock and his experiences as a Native American activist into a collection of songs about humanity's place in an increasingly technological world. Trudell's long-time friend and collaborator Jackson Browne co-produced this effort, which tackles the weighty subject matter with grace and eloquence.

Biography

Born: 15 February 1946 in Omaha, NE

Genre: Spoken Word

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s

Born and raised on the Santee Sioux Reservation, on the border of Nebraska and South Dakota, Native-American poet and activist John Trudell spent the majority of the 1970s as the national chairman of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Trudell left Native-American politics in 1979 after his wife, mother-in-law, and three children were killed in a fire at their home on a reservation in Nevada. The fire, which Trudell was convinced was no accident, came just 12 hours after he had set fire to the American...